Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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